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laws of reflection
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What general name is given to waves that travel along the surface of a material such as Rayleigh and Love waves?
Surface waves
What are the two types of seismic surface waves?
body waves and surface waves
Do p waves or surface waves move faster?
No. Surface waves are slower than both P and S-waves.
Where do surface waves occur?
Surface waves occur at the boundary between two different mediums, such as air and water, or air and land. They travel along the interface, transferring energy in the form of ripples or undulations on the surface. Examples of surface waves include ocean waves, seismic waves, and electromagnetic waves.
Waves that travel at the surface such as Raleigh and long waves?
Raleigh waves are surface waves that occur in many types of media, such as water and the Earth's crust. They cause the ground to roll up and down in a wave-like motion during an earthquake. Long waves, or long-period ocean waves, are also surface waves that have longer wavelengths and occur in the ocean due to forces such as gravity and wind.
What word describes the behavior of waves when they strike a surface?
The behavior of waves when they strike a surface is called reflection. This occurs when waves bounce off a surface at an angle equal to the angle at which they hit the surface.
What is the behavior of waves when they strike a surface?
what is the complete spectrum of electromagnetic wave frequencies and wavelengths
What describes the behavior of waves when they strike a surface?
laws of reflection
Describes he behavior of waves when they strike a surface?
When waves strike a surface, they can be reflected, absorbed, or transmitted. The angle of incidence is typically equal to the angle of reflection in the case of reflection. The amount of energy transferred from the wave to the surface depends on the properties of both the wave and the surface it encounters.
What do waves and light do when they strike a surface?
When waves and light strike a surface, they can be reflected, absorbed, or transmitted. Reflection occurs when the waves bounce off the surface, absorption happens when the waves are taken in by the material, and transmission is when the waves pass through the surface.
Which of these best describe the waves of the ocean?
Surface waves
What are the 4 main types of waves?
The four main types of waves are mechanical waves, electromagnetic waves, matter waves, and surface waves. Mechanical waves require a medium to travel through, such as sound waves in air or water waves in the ocean. Electromagnetic waves, like light and radio waves, can travel through a vacuum and do not require a medium. Matter waves, associated with quantum mechanics, describe the wave-like behavior of particles, while surface waves travel along the interface between different mediums, such as water waves on the surface of a lake.
What are the sub type or surface waves?
Subtypes of surface waves include Rayleigh waves, which travel along the surface and cause the ground to move elliptically, and Love waves, which cause horizontal shearing motions. These waves are classified based on their motion and behavior as they propagate along the Earth's surface.
Echoes demonstrate which behavior of sound waves?
Echoes demonstrate the reflection behavior of sound waves, where sound waves bounce off a surface and return back to the listener's ears.
Do the longitudinal waves convert in to transverse waves in liquids?
ans:interesting question:I thought about it, and initially thought not, but then thought "what about the surface of the liquid?"If you strike the surface with a pushing force, the surface will oscillate in a transverse motion.I believe the answer is yes!
What kind of scientist describes time travel and the behavior of light waves?
I am not sure that there are many scientists who describe time travel. those that describe light waves are physicists.
What behavior of sound waves causes echoes to occur?
Echoes occur when sound waves reflect off of a surface and return to the listener's ears after a short delay. This behavior is known as sound wave reflection.
